Google’s X Lab Is Building Real-Life Terminator Glasses (GOOG)

February 6, 2012
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Google's X Lab is in the late prototype stage of building some impressive sunglasses, reports 9to5Google.

The sunglasses resemble Oakley Thumps (pictured to the right) and will have a front-facing camera that can take pictures and make use of augmented reality apps.

They will also have a heads-up display on one side that could overlay relevant information on top of the real world, a la Terminator.

Users will be able to interact with the glasses via voice and head tilt, and its internals will be comparable to a previous generation Android phone. This will be nice, because the glasses will also function as a smartphone.

It will not be an Android peripheral, however, though it might make use of a phone's Internet connection.

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